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Author Topic: Safety fences Old to Today  (Read 5214 times)

davewilson

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Safety fences Old to Today
« on: April 21, 2006, 08:17:33 PM »
Could we see the giant leap in safety from the original grand prix races to todays standards.It would be great if you could get some old footage of some of these races in videos



Offline Neil.P

Re: Safety fences Old to Today
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2006, 09:30:17 PM »
Hi Dave, you tailking about Fangio's era?

Have a look at http://jumpingpixels.com/fangio.html

 :good:

Neil.P

davewilson

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Re: Safety fences Old to Today
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2006, 10:41:34 PM »
Thank You for the rapid response,yes i am very interested in this era of  Motor Racing.I worked with the daughhter of a racing driver at brooklands during my days at Triumph and she got me involved and put a perspective of how harsh conditions were like. I thought it would be good to show how life use to be in the sport,after all today the young kids tune  in and its just like they are on X box or playstation.
Thankyou for your efforts in this matter
Kind Regards Dave

Offline Wizzo

Re: Safety fences Old to Today
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2006, 09:11:46 AM »
Great idea Dave and good footage Neil (you must be older than you look).

I will make a start on this over the weekend and see what I can come up with.

Keep up the good work guys  :good:

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Offline Neil.P

Re: Safety fences Old to Today
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2006, 01:07:08 PM »
Dave,

Have you been to Brooklands recently?

Neil.P

Offline Wizzo

Re: Safety fences Old to Today
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2006, 11:29:01 PM »

Check the new threads in Pit Pass, there is a host of information about various aspects of the sport, many have references to how the sport used to be back in the good ol days.

Let me know what you think.

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Offline Ian

Re: Safety fences Old to Today
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2006, 02:22:39 PM »
 :) Neil.P , nice site about fangio, that was some bloody crash on the drag strip were'nt it, do you happen to know about the drivers           Ian
An aircraft landing is just a controlled crash.

Offline Neil.P

Re: Safety fences Old to Today
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2006, 03:01:55 PM »
Ian,
There's a brief account of the 1956 British Grand Prix at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_British_Grand_Prix

Sorry Ian, can't find much more information than that!

Neil.P

Offline Ian

Re: Safety fences Old to Today
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2006, 03:07:49 PM »
Ok Neil,thanks very much. Ian
An aircraft landing is just a controlled crash.

 


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